How does your legislator celebrate Thanksgiving?

10:33 AM,
Nov. 28, 2013

FILE - The Oregon State Capitol Monday, Dec. 10, 2012.

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Thanksgiving is about family and tradition, and every family has its own. We asked Salem-area legislators how they like to celebrate Thanksgiving with their own families. One thing is certain: Lawmakers love to eat. What does your legislator do for Thanksgiving? Read on to find out.Sen. Jackie Winters, R-Salem

Food, food, food. Winters said the enduring tradition in her family is to make sweet potato pie rather than pumpkin. She inherited the recipe from her mother, who taught her to make it. Winters had a sister and four brothers, but she was the only one who liked to cook, so she would help her ...